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‘Until the end of the world’: Remembering Naing Myanmar

The revolutionary songs of Naing Myanmar, who died in February, have supplied a soundtrack for pro-democracy protests since the 1988 uprising, and activists say his music will remain an inspiration until Myanmar achieves freedom from military rule.

BY Frontier

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‘Until the end of the world’: Remembering Naing Myanmar

BY Frontier

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A house divided: The fate of Aung San Suu Kyi’s lakeside home

The auctioning of the imprisoned leader’s Yangon house at the behest of her estranged brother is a legal farce, lawyers say, while pro-democracy veterans insist it must be preserved for public memory.

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‘How could I do any less?’: Chin State’s Mother of Resistance

While thousands of civilians flee Myanmar’s war, grandmother Ama and others stay behind, forming the invisible backbone of the anti-junta struggle.

BY Frontier

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Ko Kaung Htet, right, on a reporting trip with the Restoration Council of Shan State in 2016. (Sai Zaw Theik)

Missing in action: Stories of conflict

Sithu Aung Myint, Opinion

The Monogamy Law’s unintended consequences

The ostensible target of the Monogamy Law is Muslim men with more than one wife, but the application of the law is having consequences for Buddhist men who are unfaithful to their wives.

BY Sithu Aung Myint

News Feed, Affairs, Election 2015

EU observation mission rates election ‘credible’, warns on Muslim disenfranchisement

The European Union Election Observation Mission has rated Myanmar’s November 8 general election as “credible” at a press conference on its preliminary findings in Yangon this morning, while also pointing out issues with Muslim inclusivity, lack of transparency for out-of-constituency voting, and

BY Hans Hulst